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Title: Random Factoids
Post by: Lucifargundam on February 28, 2014, 04:34:22 PM
Post a random factoid about the world around us(not people (as in everyday or wellknown people))::

Pure honey doesn't crystallize.
Title: Re: Random Factoids
Post by: limDsage on March 01, 2014, 07:49:42 PM
When turtles lay their eggs, they eject salt out of their tear glands.
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Post by: Acey Arisen on March 02, 2014, 12:53:42 PM
Sliced bread (or rather, pre-sliced bread) wasn't sold until 1928.
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Post by: Lucifargundam on March 02, 2014, 10:37:53 PM
The original apple computer was priced at $666
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Post by: limDsage on March 02, 2014, 11:05:53 PM
Adults tell the most lies while they are in bed.
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Post by: Lucifargundam on March 03, 2014, 02:53:42 PM
Dolphins are actually mammals, not fish.
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Post by: limDsage on March 03, 2014, 03:58:57 PM
Black pepper used to be a currency.
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Post by: Lucifargundam on March 03, 2014, 04:04:54 PM
Alchemy is the predecessor to modern day chemistry.
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Post by: Anix on March 11, 2014, 12:54:14 AM
Pure water does not conduct electricity.
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Post by: Admiral Donuts on March 11, 2014, 03:02:04 PM
Mercury is so dense, a lead ball would float in it.
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Post by: Lucifargundam on March 11, 2014, 07:08:42 PM
Blackholes are often made from collapsing suns.
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Post by: Anix on March 12, 2014, 12:17:20 AM
Baco's are Kosher
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Post by: Lucifargundam on March 12, 2014, 03:14:40 AM
Quote from: Anix on March 12, 2014, 12:17:20 AM
Baco's are Kosher
don't even know what that is.

The American revolutionary war helped provide tremendous advancements in firearms, such as the the Kentucky Long Rifle which made the bullet spin when fired and thus adding to the accuracy.
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Post by: Glitch on March 12, 2014, 09:18:24 PM
Clark Kent is Superman.
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Post by: Lucifargundam on March 13, 2014, 02:00:33 PM
Marie Curie was a female Polish scientist who won multiple Nobel Prizes and died a agonizing death from her own experiments.  She worked with radiation.
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Post by: limDsage on March 13, 2014, 03:43:29 PM
Arnold Schwarzenegger was paid around US $21,429 for each word he said in Terminator 2.
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Post by: Lucifargundam on March 13, 2014, 07:11:48 PM
Gold is more conductive than copper, but copper is cheaper.
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Post by: Glitch on March 13, 2014, 08:55:23 PM
Quote from: Lucifargundam on March 13, 2014, 02:00:33 PM
Marie Curie was a female Polish scientist who won multiple Nobel Prizes and died a agonizing death from her own experiments.  She worked with radiation.
And her papers were radioactive. You actually need to suit up in order to look at them.
Title: Re: Random Factoids
Post by: Lucifargundam on March 14, 2014, 04:27:18 AM
Poland was the first country invaded in WWII.
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Post by: limDsage on March 14, 2014, 10:36:37 AM
Fireflies don't have mouths.
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Post by: Admiral Donuts on March 14, 2014, 03:37:26 PM
The Arctic Tern migrates 22,000 miles each year from pole to pole.
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Post by: Lucifargundam on March 15, 2014, 06:31:18 AM
It's possible to travel faster than light by using wormholes as shortcuts.